Rurik was the son of Rostislav I of Kiev.[2] Succession conflicts intermittently placed Rurik on the throne of the Kievan Rus' no fewer than six times between 1173 and 1210.[3]
After a brief stint in Chernigov, where he built the Church of St. Paraskebas,[citation needed] Rurik, along with his kinsmen and a Cuman army, attacked and sacked Kiev in 1203,[8] but was repelled until Roman's death in 1205.[citation needed] Rurik had been confined to a monastery in 1204, but he abandoned his holy vows and returned to the throne.[citation needed]
His cousin, Vsevolod, felt that Rurik's previous monastic vows rendered his authority invalid, and so attacked and briefly seized Kiev in 1206, 1207, and 1211.[citation needed] He succeeded in capturing Rurik, who died in captivity in Chernigov.[citation needed]
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